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January 2014
January 23, 2014





Photo: Stage 4 Profile.
Friday's (Thursday evening North America) Tour Down Under Stage 4 (Bupa stage) departs Unley at 11:30am local (8:00pm U.S. Eastern, 2:00am CET) and is expected at the finish at Victor Harbor at around 3:25pm local (11:55pm U.S. Eastern, 5:55am CET).  Tour Down Under live streaming video should get underway at around 1:30pm local (10:00pm U.S. Eastern, 4:00am CET). (cyclingfans.com)







Photo: Cadel Evans (BMC) also moved into the overall lead with Stage 3 victory.
Attack on the Corkscrew dropped Porte and Gerrans. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Cadel Evans won stage 3 at the Santos Tour Down Under, securing the overall lead. Photo: Mark Gunter | AFP.
Former Tour de France champion Cadel Evans won stage 3 of the Santos Tour Down Under on Thursday in Campbelltown, Australia. Evans (BMC Racing) attacked his way to victory in the 145-kilometer leg from Norwood. (velonews.com)





Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 19-25, 2014 (Stages),
Tour de San Luis - Jan 20-26, 2014 (Stages),
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Feb 5-9, 2014 (Stages),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1, 2014 (Stages),
Tour de France - July 5-27, 2014 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29, 2013 (Results),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15, 2013 (Results),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21, 2013 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26, 2013 (Results).





Photo: Robert Gesink (Belkin) on the attack. © Sirotti
Dutchman lies in fifth place overall. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Jenny Rissveds. © Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team
Swedish mountain biker hopes to build on successful 2013. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: It comes with steel hardware as standard (tested), with titanium bits as an option.
The rotors are new. And lighter. And set up is now even easier thanks to the inclusion of their brilliant Crosshair alignment system. But the performance is the same, which is to say very good for a mechanical brake. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: The Casco SPEEDster is a tech-rich entry level helmet.
The Casco SPEEDster is a new addition to the upmarket German brand’s portfolio of cycling helmets. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: FLO is one of the most exciting new wheel companies to enter the market within the past few years.
Four aluminum wheels strut their stuff in the age of carbon. (roadbikeaction.com)





Photo: Easton-Bell Sports, said its e-commerce server had been hit.
Up to 6,000 online shoppers buying Easton, Giro, Blackburn and Bell products have had their personal details – including credit card numbers and security codes - stolen in a cyber attack. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: There's a fair bit of exposed EPS, which is a little disappointing given the price.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Well made, with good straps and just the right amount of padding." (bikeradar.com)

















Photo: Nairo Quintana (Movistar) wins stage 4 of the Tour de San Luis.
Gaimon defends GC lead. (cyclingnews.com)







Photo: Brian Cookson is hopeful Lance Armstrong will take part in the UCI's upcoming review, but won't be calling the banned Armerican. Photo: Tim De Waele .
UCI president Brian Cookson is encouraging Lance Armstrong to participate in an upcoming drugs inquiry, but said Thursday that he won’t be hat in hand asking for the banned American’s assistance. (velonews.com)





Photo: Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) reports for duty at the Tour de San Luis.
Belgian finishes third on stage 3. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Julian Arrendondo (Trek Factory Racing) gets his first win in the big leagues.
Colombian wins first race for Trek. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Omega Pharma-Quick Step is an all Specialized/SRAM team, riding Tarmac and Venge frames paired with SRAM drivetrains and Zipp wheels and components. Specialized makes the helmets and Vermarc provides kits. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Bike brands love telling stories about cooperation with their pro riders, of using the best riders in the world to develop products to match. There is, of course, a wide spectrum of truth to these claims; some brands do indeed work closely with athletes during the engineering process. Many, perhaps most, do not. (velonews.com)





Photo: 2014 National Champions. © Cyclocross Magazine.
How should USAC be funding cyclocross? Does USA Cycling spend enough money on cyclocross, and should the money they do spend be focused on funding a Worlds team over there, or should they spend more money on expanding the sport from a participation and junior development standpoint? (cxmagazine.com)





Photo: A friend once said to me that pedals are like religion. Once you find something that works, you don’t want to switch.
"My single favorite feature of the pedal is the double-sided engagement." (redkiteprayer.com)





Photo: The aerodynamics are fairly straightforward, using Kammtail shaped down tube and a somewhat teardrop shaped seat tube.
The new 2014 Lapierre Aircode was just unveiled for French pro cycling team FDJ.fr, giving them the brand’s first aero road bike. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: Let us not forget that Giant is the world's biggest bike manufacturer.
The Giant Propel was launched at the start of 2013 and we were blown away by the amount of work that had gone into developing the bike. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





A free service that couldn’t be easier to use, Bike Index allows you to register your bikes into a searchable database, helping to match bikes with owners. (urbanvelo.org)






Photo: Stage 4 Profile.
Thursday's Tour de San Luis Stage 4 departs El Potrero de los Funes at 12:24pm local (10:24am U.S. Eastern, 16:24 CET) and is expected at the finish at Alto El Amago at around 5:00pm local (3:00pm U.S. Eastern, 21:00 CET).  Tour de San Luis live video streaming is expected for the start and the finish. Note that live radio streaming should be available throughout the race. (cyclingfans.com)

















Photo: Daily Distraction.



Photo: Chris Horner (RadioShack) ... © Bettini
American would ride Giro and Vuelta for Italian team. (cyclingnews.com)























Photo: Previous Giro d’Italia race director Michele Acquarone.
Former race director says Yellow Fluo team should have had to sit out the race after 2013 doping positives. (velonation.com)





Photo: I would rather go out and give it a go; give them a run for their money.
“You can call me the Elvis of breakaways.” (velonation.com)





Photo: Cadel ploughs onwards toward his stage win and GC lead.
An Aussie favorite exploded the race with an impressive attack on the infamous Corkscrew Road climb to take the stage win and the GC lead. (pezcyclingnews.com)






Photo: Chris Froome suffers from badly sunburnt back after wearing Team Sky's new mesh fabric skinsuit.
Ouch. One drawback of Team Sky's new lightweight, aerodynamic mesh skinsuit has been revealed by Chris Froome - it does not protect the rider from the sun's ultra violet rays. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Francesco Moser during his 51.151km Hour Record ride. © Mosna/Enervit
Italian celebrates 30 years after beating Merckx's record. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) on form for another win.
Spaniard says he's as good as ever this year. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: first time the full 40-year history has been told in one publication.
The History of Mountain Biking is a special edition publication that charts mountain biking's rise from the dying embers of the 1960s hippie movement in California to the tech-driven super sport it is today. (bikeradar.com)













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